The building dates from the 1860s and was designed as a cathedral to glorify the natural world with its soaring iron arches and great use of glass.

The iron arches were decorated in similar motifs to Medieval decorated churches.

The dinosaurs are a big draw.

Reconstruction of the face.

This Diictodon had such a sweet face. I had to share.

Children are encouraged to touch exhibits such as this black bear. It is probably the only opportunity most would get to feel the layers of its warm coat.

The floor tiles in a corridor had me thinking of pieced borders.

Each arch has a different motif.

Upstairs you can appreciate the light, space and vision of the architect.

There is a small cafe hiding up here. Some scenes for Inspector Morse have been filmed here.

There is a cloister feel to the quad around the glassed atrium centre.

Many small dinosaurs.

Statues of the great and good by the entrance.

As beautiful as it is, the building remains unfinished. The carving around the door is incomplete.

The building I shared on the moonlight walk to the right of the museum. I love its quirkiness.

The outside of the Gothic-revival style museum.

If we carry along Parks Road we come to the Art Deco part of the Bodleian Library on the corner of Broad Street. You wouldn’t believe that parts of it are underneath the roads here, linking with Duke Humfrey’s Library which is behind the Clarendon Building in the centre of the photo.

I am feeling a bit like I have broken through a glass ceiling having finally finished Pumpkinville 7 by Bunny Hill Designs. This block has waited for months and months. I thought of it as a wip but it was really a UFO.

Last night was Friday Night With Friends, (42 of us if you want to see) so I prepared Pumpkinville 8 to be needle turned that evening. I didn’t have time for the embroidery but at least all the shapes are on.